I have posted here many times that where Obama deviates from previous Presidents is his total lack of ability to get Congress working together - he gets an 'F' in that area. A good President is at their best when they help lead by example - really that's all a President can be anyways as the true power rests in Congress and the Senate.

I have posted here many times that where Obama deviates from previous Presidents is his total lack of ability to get Congress working together - he gets an 'F' in that area. A good President is at their best when they help lead by example - really that's all a President can be anyways as the true power rests in Congress and the Senate.

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You forget quickly, Icy.

It‚Äôs only been two months since Republicans took control of the House, and Speaker John Boehner is already earning a reputation for telling President Barack Obama, ‚ÄúNo.‚ÄĚ

The Ohio Republican last week turned down a White House invitation to attend a state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao. A week earlier, Boehner declined an offer from Obama to fly with him on Air Force One to attend the Tucson, Ariz., memorial ceremony. And unlike last year‚Äôs House GOP retreat, the president was not asked by Republican leaders to make an appearance at this year‚Äôs getaway.

Boehner‚Äôs recent penchant for rebuffing Obama began just days after the November elections, when he and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) canceled their first post-election bipartisan meeting with the president because of ‚Äúscheduling conflicts in organizing their caucuses.‚ÄĚ The meeting was later rescheduled.

Looking for the facts being checked, and not the writers OPINIONS of the way the writers see facts..

This last one puts it into perspective...

CLINTON: "Their campaign pollster said, 'We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers.' Now that is true. I couldn't have said it better myself ‚ÄĒ I just hope you remember that every time you see the ad."

THE FACTS: Clinton, who famously finger-wagged a denial on national television about his sexual relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky and was subsequently impeached in the House on a perjury charge, has had his own uncomfortable moments over telling the truth. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," Clinton told television viewers. Later, after he was forced to testify to a grand jury, Clinton said his statements were "legally accurate" but also allowed that he "misled people, including even my wife."

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sweet fact checking....

So the republican pollster said that they don't check facts, this article says that Clinton had sexual relations with Monica Lewinski?????

I disagree. I think it's already impacted not just you and me, but the entire USA.

When the opposing party, from week 2, repeatingly refuses to even meet with a brand new president, it sets the tone for the entire term....add that to the Senate Minority leader baldly admitting a year later that: "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president," and that music is written in stone.

If better relationships had been formed from the beginning who knows what sort of compromises might have been worked out already?

I disagree. I think it's already impacted not just you and me, but the entire USA.

When the opposing party, from week 2, repeatingly refuses to even meet with a brand new president, it sets the tone for the entire term....add that to the Senate Minority leader baldly admitting a year later that: "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president," and that music is written in stone.

If better relationships had been formed from the beginning who knows what sort of compromises might have been worked out already?

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I meant the whole Lewinsky thing.......its a dead issue

Obama has repeatedly failed to compromise on bills.......it is not the republicans job alone to reach a compromise

I disagree. I think it's already impacted not just you and me, but the entire USA.

When the opposing party, from week 2, repeatingly refuses to even meet with a brand new president, it sets the tone for the entire term....add that to the Senate Minority leader baldly admitting a year later that: "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president," and that music is written in stone.

If better relationships had been formed from the beginning who knows what sort of compromises might have been worked out already?

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Yeah. The whole definition of "Executive" branch has nothing to do with leading. You just gotta wait for everyone to come crawling to you.

And BTW, the reason the opposing party might be pissed off is because they were ignored and disrespected for the first TWO YEARS of his term while there were supermajorities that rammed through legistration on party line votes.

yes......and when it comes to actually arguing the matter at hand, you still gripe about semantics

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whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

These dudes wrote a "Fact Checking" article.

They then claim to be checking the fact that a republican said that they dont' check facts by slamming Clinton about Monica Lewinski.

Then YOU say I gripe about semantics?

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

If you are going to check facts, then do it, I expect our press to keep politicians in check. HOwever, If you wanna write an OP-ED, and call it a fact checking article. I'm going to call you out for being dishonest. (YOU being the writers of this rubbish, not YOU you)

They then claim to be checking the fact that a republican said that they dont' check facts by slamming Clinton about Monica Lewinski.

Then YOU say I gripe about semantics?

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

If you are going to check facts, then do it, I expect our press to keep politicians in check. HOwever, If you wanna write an OP-ED, and call it a fact checking article. I'm going to call you out for being dishonest. (YOU being the writers of this rubbish, not YOU you)